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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService says the temperatures won’t drop much at night. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Metservice has issued heat alerts for hotspots across the country as temperatures are forecast to soar on Friday. The alerts were in place for Whakatāne, Napier, Hastings, Motueka, Blenheim and Kaikōura, where temperatures in the low to mid ... <a title="Heat alerts issued, warnings to prepare as temperatures set to soar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/heat-alerts-issued-warnings-to-prepare-as-temperatures-set-to-soar/" aria-label="Read more about Heat alerts issued, warnings to prepare as temperatures set to soar">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller Fire and Emergency is warning Cantabrians of extreme fire danger this Sunday as parts of the country are set to swelter under high temperatures. Canterbury is currently in a restricted fire season, which requires people to apply for permits to light open air fires. However, all permits ... <a title="‘Real risk’: FENZ warns of extreme fire danger as temperatures set to swelter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/real-risk-fenz-warns-of-extreme-fire-danger-as-temperatures-set-to-swelter/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Real risk’: FENZ warns of extreme fire danger as temperatures set to swelter">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Prime Minister is working from home as the year gets underway, with Parliament not set to return until the end of the month. Ahead of the summer break, Christopher Luxon told Newstalk ZB he expected to be back at work the first week of January, as ... <a title="Christopher Luxon working from home as year gets underway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/christopher-luxon-working-from-home-as-year-gets-underway/" aria-label="Read more about Christopher Luxon working from home as year gets underway">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bill Tuiloma during All Whites v Costa Rica, FIFA World Cup 2022 play-off match, Qatar on 14 June 2022. Photosport In a long-awaited homecoming, experienced All Whites’ defender Bill Tuiloma has signed with the Wellington Phoenix. Securing the signature of the 47-cap international before the A-League mid-season transfer window opens, is ... <a title="Experienced All Whites defender Bill Tuiloma signs with Phoenix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/experienced-all-whites-defender-bill-tuiloma-signs-with-phoenix/" aria-label="Read more about Experienced All Whites defender Bill Tuiloma signs with Phoenix">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fans during the 2026 ASB Classic Women’s Tennis Tournament at Manuka Doctor Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Tuesday 6 January 2026. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Organisers of Auckland’s ASB Tennis Classic insist that no fans will be turned away for wearing national colours. Their statement comes after a man complained to media he was ... <a title="Croatian shirt incident a ‘misunderstanding’ – ASB Classic organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/croatian-shirt-incident-a-misunderstanding-asb-classic-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Croatian shirt incident a ‘misunderstanding’ – ASB Classic organisers">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Streets affected by a burst water pipe in Wellington’s Kingston. Supplied / Wellington Water More than 100 properties in the Wellington suburb of Kingston will be without water for at least six hours today due to a burst pipe. Wellington Water said the pipe burst on Kingston Heights Road at about ... <a title="Burst pipes sees more than 100 Wellington homes left without water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/burst-pipes-sees-more-than-100-wellington-homes-left-without-water/" aria-label="Read more about Burst pipes sees more than 100 Wellington homes left without water">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cook Islands activists confront the EV Nautilus upon its return to Rarotonga, holding banners reading ‘Don’t Mine The Moana.’ Supplied / Greenpeace Research commissioned by Greenpeace, showing that deep sea mining in the Cook Islands is unlikely to make any money, is being rejected by the country’s government. The research, performed ... <a title="Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/cook-islands-govt-rejects-research-saying-deep-sea-mining-not-profitable/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlie White, PhD Candidate, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Thermal image of an adult bottlenose dolphin captured by a drone-mounted thermal camera. Charlie White/CEBEL Marine mammals are sentinels of the sea. When dolphins and whales show signs of stress or illness, ... <a title="Thermal drones can track dolphin health without having to touch or disturb them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/thermal-drones-can-track-dolphin-health-without-having-to-touch-or-disturb-them-272701/" aria-label="Read more about Thermal drones can track dolphin health without having to touch or disturb them">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
By Jake Johnson US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela’s interim leadership will turn over to the United States as many as 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to be sold at market price, part of a broader, unlawful administration effort to seize the South American nation’s natural resources. Trump, who authorised the illegal ... <a title="‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from sale of Venezuelan oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/straight-up-piracy-and-extortion-trump-says-he-will-control-money-from-sale-of-venezuelan-oil/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from sale of Venezuelan oil">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flowers are placed at the site where a woman was reportedly shot and killed by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images via AFP A vigil is being held in Minnesota after a woman was shot and killed ... <a title="Vigil held for woman shot and killed by US immigration officer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/vigil-held-for-woman-shot-and-killed-by-us-immigration-officer/" aria-label="Read more about Vigil held for woman shot and killed by US immigration officer">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The pair demanded his keys and took his car – a Volkswagon with distinctive mags. Supplied / Police A man has been left shaken after having a gun pointed at him, assaulted and his car stolen. Detective Sergeant Pieter Serfontein said the aggravated robbery happened just past midnight – in the ... <a title="Gun pointed at man before assault, theft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/gun-pointed-at-man-before-assault-theft/" aria-label="Read more about Gun pointed at man before assault, theft">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person was taken to Auckland City Hospital by ambulance (file image). St John A person has suffered serious injuries after getting trapped under a car in the Auckland suburb of Westmere. Emergency services responded after a car ran over a pedestrian on Chester Avenue at about 11am on Thursday. Police ... <a title="Person seriously hurt after being trapped under vehicle in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/person-seriously-hurt-after-being-trapped-under-vehicle-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Person seriously hurt after being trapped under vehicle in Auckland">Read more</a>
